School of Medicine

When School of Medicine scientists genetically tweaked a part of the brain in fruit flies, the flies were unimpaired even after being deprived of sleep.

Ultra-miniature particles could soon be carrying medicinal compounds through patients’ bloodstreams to tumors or atherosclerotic plaques.

Applications are due Oct. 10 for awards from the University’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.

Alberto Friedmann hasn’t let a diagnosis of a degenerative joint disease stop him from doing anything he has wanted to do in life.

Researchers have found a potential new approach to treating endometrial cancer — a drug that was shown to be effective even against human endometrial cancer cell lines that tend to be treatment resistant. Scientists at the School of Medicine and the Translational Genomics Research Institute discovered that introducing a particular inhibitor drug can turn off cell receptors that are responsible for tumor growth.

For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease, in the human brain. A team of scientists at the School of Medicine and the University of Milan report their results this week in Science.

The School of Medicine will receive about $9 million over five years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke. The new research center will become part of a national network of stroke centers.

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at the School of Medicine, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts.

The School of Medicine will receive about $9 million over five years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke.

New School of Medicine research shows arm injuries are causing NFL players to miss significant game and practice time.